maude-maris-voltes-190x265cm-2015-oil-on-canvas-copyright-aurelien-mole
Maude Maris, Voltes, 190x265cm, 2015, oil on canvas, copyright Aurelien Mole

“I have a geometric vision!”

Name

Maude Maris

Profession

Artist

Website

maudemaris.com

Maude Maris, 2017, copyright Vincent Ferrane & Pardalis,2017,220x160cm,huile sur toile, copyright Isabelle Giovacchini
Maude Maris (r), 2017, copyright Vincent Ferrane & Pardalis (l), 2017, 220x160cm,huile sur toile, copyright Isabelle Giovacchini

Who are you? What do you do?

I’m a painter who works with space or a sculptor who paints.

Where are you from?

I live in Paris, France

Your style in 3 words?

Smooth, tasty, mineral

maude-maris-senat-2014-92-x-73-cm-oil-on-canvas-copyright-nicolas-brasseur
Maude Maris, Senat, 2014, 92×73 cm, oil on canvas, copyright Nicolas Brasseur

Your weakness? Your strength?

My strength comes from my weakness!

What makes you different?

It’s not up to me to tell it!

When did you decide to become an artist?

Actually I never decided, because drawing and painting have always been part of my life.

Maude Maris, Big Io (r), 190x130cm oil on canvas, 2016 & Bastet, 30x20cm, huile sur toile, 2016, copyright Rebecca Fanuele
Maude Maris, Big Io (r), 190x130cm oil on canvas, 2016 & Bastet, 30x20cm, huile sur toile, 2016, copyright Rebecca Fanuele

What do you find most fascinating about the creative process?

I never know where it ‘s going to lead me , and when I finally reach something, it’s stunning. 

A few words about your favourite creation?

“Voltes” because of the feeling between lightness and gravity.

Someone else’s work that inspired or inspires you…

Giorgio Morandi, Eileen Gray, Miriam Cahn, Richard Tuttle…

Maude Maris, Roma, 2015, 160x130cm, oil on canvas, copyright Nicolas Brasseur
Maude Maris, Roma, 2015, 160x130cm, oil on canvas, copyright Nicolas Brasseur

A new project coming up or an idea you want to work on?

I’m working on a solo show about fossils, swimming pool and dinosaurs in a chapel in the center of France, Thouars.

Finish the sentence „More important than my career is…“

life ! 

Maude Maris, Two columns, 120x90cm, huile sur toile, 2016 & Whistle (l), 90x70cm, huile sur toile, 2016, copyright Rebecca Fanuele
Maude Maris, Two columns (r), 120x90cm, huile sur toile, 2016 & Whistle (l), 90x70cm, huile sur toile, 2016, copyright Rebecca Fanuele

2017: Where are we going?

To a new world of resource sharing, or nowhere.

When the going gets tough…

Resist and remind yourself that you are tiny compared to the big universe…

Maude Maris, Jerry, 2015, 130x190cm, oil on canvas, copyright Nicolas Brasseur
Maude Maris, Jerry, 2015, 130x190cm, oil on canvas, copyright Nicolas Brasseur

Your city’s favourite spots?

I spent a few months in Düsseldorf a few years ago and I love the K21 Museum. In Paris, the Bourdelle Museum is my favourite, and again a sculptor place : I ‘ve recently discovered the Georg kolbe Museum in Berlin.

Do you have a vision?

I have a geometric vision 

Maude Maris, Far west, 160x130cm, 2015, oil on canvas, copyright-Aurelien Mole
Maude Maris, Far west, 160x130cm, 2015, oil on canvas, copyright Aurelien Mole

Tell us about your future plans…

New York and Hong-Kong, with Pi Artworks, one of my two galleries, based in Istanbul and London. The second is in Paris, Galerie Isabelle Gounod.

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Maude Maris, Shelters, 185x250cm, 2015, oil on canvas, copyright, Nicolas Brasseur
Maude Maris, Shelters, 185x250cm, 2015, oil on canvas, copyright Nicolas Brasseur

Maude on Instagram ♥ Pi Artworks ♥ Galerie Isabelle Gounod ♥ Musée Bourdelle ♥ K21 ♥ Georg Kolbe Museum